KPK to Investigate the Role of the Woman Detained with the Pemalang Regent at the Hotel

Acting Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate the role of parties involved in the Pemalang Regent Anom Widiyantoro's hand-in-hand operation (OTT). One of them is a woman named Ambar who was secured from a hotel in Jakarta with the regional head.

This was conveyed by the acting (Plt) Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein who initially confirmed the information that Anom was arrested at a hotel during a silent operation.

"The regent who was at the hotel, yes, it was secured at the hotel," Taufik told reporters at a press conference at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, July 30.

Taufik explained that there were other parties who were also secured by the team in the silent operation. Later, the role of the investigator will be carried out in the ongoing investigation process.

"Now, whether the role later is in the construction of extortion or whether there will be other developments, we will see the development of the ongoing investigation process," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK named four people as suspects in alleged extortion after the hand-in-hand (OTT) operation in the Jakarta and Pemalang regions on Tuesday, July 28. They are Pemalang Regent Anom Widiyantoro, Mohamad Haris as his trusted person, Setya Budi Dias as an administrative staff of the KPK from the Police, and Lilik Budi Suprianto who is a private citizen and also Dias' father.

The KPK said there were two extortion clusters in this case. First, Anom allegedly extorted his subordinates and private parties in the Pemalang Regency area, Central Java.

Meanwhile, the second cluster relates to alleged extortion in the management of cases at the KPK which is suspected to involve internal KPK officials.

Dias is suspected of leaking information on the handling of cases at the KPK to his father, Lilik Budi Suprianto, through a short message application.

Lilik then used the information to convince Anom that he had access to the development of the case because his son worked at the KPK. Furthermore, Anom, Lilik, and Gus Haris met three times in Magelang and Semarang.

During the meeting, Lilik asked for a case management fee of Rp2 billion. Haris, however, only handed over Rp1.2 billion, which was allegedly collected from extortion of a number of regional devices and private partners in Pemalang Regency.

As a result of their actions, Anom and Haris are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e and/or Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Law Code.

Meanwhile, Lilik and Dias are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Law Code.